prop something ↔ up

phrasal verbphr v

a) SUPPORT/HOLD UPto prevent something from falling by putting something against it or under it 支撐，撐住〔某物〕

The builders are trying to prop up the crumbling walls of the church.

建築工人正在設法把快要倒塌的教堂牆壁撐住。

against

paintings propped up against the wall

倚牆放的畫

b) HELPto help an economy, industry, or government so that it can continue to exist, especially by giving money 〔尤指通過提供資金〕支持，維持〔某經濟體、工業或政府〕

The government introduced measures to prop up the stock market.

政府推出措施來扶持股市。

c) prop yourself upSUPPORT/HOLD UP to hold your body up by leaning against something 靠着〔某物〕站直[坐直]，撐着站起[坐起]，撐起身體

prop yourself up on/against/with

She propped herself up on one elbow.

她用一邊胳膊肘撐起身子。

Examples from the Corpus

prop up• We will secretly prop it up.• Hicks propped him up against the bathroom door and let him talk.• Just as they propped David up against the side of the display counter, the manager strode self-importantly along the aisle.• He propped Freddie up against the wall, and poured some straight gin from the bottle down his throat.• Philip picked up his bike, propping it up against the wall so it half slipped again.• Brian propped himself up on his elbows, suddenly remembering that the alarm had gone off.• He props himself up on one elbow.• One table-leg was too short, but she propped it up with a bit of broken dish.

prop against• I managed to heave Charlie into the main bar and prop him up against a wall.• Hicks propped him up against the bathroom door and let him talk.• Just as they propped David up against the side of the display counter, the manager strode self-importantly along the aisle.• He propped Freddie up against the wall, and poured some straight gin from the bottle down his throat.

prop on/against/with• She stretched and propped herself up on an elbow, aware that something was not quite right.• Brian propped himself up on his elbows, suddenly remembering that the alarm had gone off.• Hefinished the last rep and propped himself up on his elbows.• I could see Peter shaking his head in the fairway, as he propped himself up on his sand wedge.• Harry propped himself up on one elbow and pulled open the top drawer of the bedside cabinet.• Rufus had propped himself up on one elbow, watching.• He props himself up on one elbow.

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